Project Manager
Email: dplotkin@ufl.edu

I have been a member of the Kawahara Lab since 2013, first as a lab tech, then as a Ph.D student (graduated 2020), and am currently the project manager. My research background is with systematics and taxonomy of geometrid moths, but in my current position I assist with data analysis, grant report writing, and manuscript writing for a variety of ongoing projects in the Kawahara Lab, spanning a wide range of topics related to Lepidoptera evolution, genomics, and behavior. I also assist with supervision of students and postdocs, and management of our electronic resources and data. Before joining the Kawahara Lab, I received a B.S. in Biology from Carnegie Mellon University and an M.S. in Agriculture & Life Sciences (concentration in Entomology) from Mississippi State University.